The Russian government will subsidize the National Guard’s purchase of hundreds of armored vehicles and natural gas cars from firms controlled by the sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska, according to a newly passed decree.

Ukrainian grain exports have already exceeded last season’s level and reached 16 million tonnes thanks to large corn sales, Ukraine’s state service for food safety said on Nov. 15. Ukraine has said it planned to harvest 64 million tonnes of grain this year versus 61.3 million in 2017 and the agriculture ministry has said exports could rise to 42.5 million tonnes in the 2018/19 July-June season from 39.4 million last season.